Scaled Production Artist & AI Specialist

We are seeking a detail-oriented, technically skilled Production Artist specializing in scaled artwork, digital production, and AI-assisted creative workflows. This role bridges creative design and technical execution, transforming concepts and creative assets into accurately scaled, production-ready artwork.

The ideal candidate combines a strong understanding of production processes, an exceptional eye for detail, and the ability to leverage AI tools to enhance efficiency, streamline workflows, and support creative development.

You will be comfortable working with precise dimensions, managing complex artwork files, and ensuring consistency and accuracy across multiple formats and applications. You will play a key role in bringing creative concepts to life, ensuring artwork is technically sound, visually consistent, and ready for final production, while continually exploring new tools and technologies to improve the process.

Salary Range - $70,000 - $90,000

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Scaled Artwork & Production: Create, adapt, and prepare accurately scaled artwork across a variety of formats, ensuring creative integrity, technical accuracy, and production readiness.
• Creative Adaptation: Translate creative concepts, brand guidelines, and campaign briefs into finished assets for multiple sizes, formats, channels, and applications.
• Static & Motion Production: Develop and adapt both static and motion-based creative assets, ensuring consistency across digital, print, social, and other media environments.
• Adobe Creative Suite: Use Adobe applications, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, to create, edit, refine, and prepare high-quality production artwork.
• Figma: Work within Figma to access design systems, collaborate with creative teams, adapt layouts, and maintain consistency across assets and deliverables.
• AI-Assisted Creative Workflows: Leverage The Brief AI and other relevant AI tools to support creative development, asset adaptation, content generation, and production efficiencies.
• Technical Execution: Ensure all artwork meets required specifications, including dimensions, resolution, file formats, colour profiles, animation requirements, and platform-specific guidelines.
• Motion & Digital Asset Preparation: Prepare and adapt motion graphics and animated assets for various placements, aspect ratios, durations, and delivery specifications.
• Quality Control: Review all deliverables for accuracy, consistency, visual quality, and compliance with creative briefs and brand standards before final delivery.
• Workflow Optimization: Identify opportunities to improve production processes through AI, automation, templates, and more efficient approaches to scaled asset creation.
• File Management & Delivery: Maintain organized working files, naming conventions, version control, and final exports to support efficient collaboration and seamless handoffs.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with designers, creative teams, project managers, and production stakeholders to interpret briefs, resolve technical challenges, and deliver assets on time.
• Continuous Learning: Stay current with emerging creative technologies, AI capabilities, and production tools to continually improve quality, speed, and scalability.

Required skills and experience:

• 3-5 years of experience as a production artist or in a similar role, ideally in an agency or studio environment.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Working knowledge of Figma and design systems.
• Hands-on experience using AI tools in a production workflow, with a thoughtful view on quality, brand consistency, and appropriate use.
• Strong understanding of production specifications, including dimensions, resolution, file formats, and colour profiles.
• Experience preparing static and motion assets for multiple placements, aspect ratios, and durations.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a rigorous approach to quality control.
• Strong organizational skills, including file management, naming conventions, and version control.
• Clear communication and a collaborative, solutions-oriented approach.
• A portfolio demonstrating scaled production work.

Nice to have:

• Experience with The Brief AI.
• Experience with After Effects or other motion tools.
• Automotive or retail campaign experience.

What you’ll love about working at INNOCEAN Canada:

• People-first and Inclusive of all - we’re proud to be recognized by ‘Great Places to Work’ FIVE years in a row and counting - overall, as well as for youth, inclusion, and as a Best Place to Work for Women
• Flexible hybrid work set up (2 days in winter; 3 days in summer) with an awesome space at King Street West for collaboration and team get-togethers
• Generous time off plus an end of year winter break; our people also get extra days off when they reach key work milestones!

Additional information:

This is an active, approved role.

Our recruitment team may use AI-assisted tools to help identify and review candidate applications based on job-related requirements and qualifications. All hiring decisions are made by humans.

INNOCEAN Canada is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, inclusion, and teamwork. We encourage all qualified applicants to inquire below. Any disability-related needs will be accommodated throughout the recruitment process.